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Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
Is the GOP really the Flat Earth Society?; Nine-month battle yields contract for Howard healthcare workers; “A very, very scary time”; Labor TweetWatch; “Respect Us! Pay Us!”
Today’s labor quote: Cesar Chavez.
Today’s labor history: UFCW wins 17-year struggle for lettuce workers.
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Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
Concessions workers at Oriole Park fight for better pay.
Today’s labor quote: Tracy Lingo.
Today’s labor history: SCOTUS says NIRA unconstitutional.
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Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
Senate cafeteria workers on the move…Nurses sound alarm on staffing crisis…Daily Kos workers vote in union. Keep up with all the latest labor tweets by following us @dclabor on Twitter.
Today’s labor quote: Donna S. Edwards.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 steel workers and miners strike in seven states.
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Buffalo shootings increase supermarket workers’ safety worries.
Today’s labor quote: Mike Wilson.
Today’s labor history: AFL-CIO campaigns for 35-hour week.
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Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
DCNA says deal advances patient care and alleviates staffing crisis.
Today’s labor quote: Ed Smith.
Today’s labor history: Striking Rubber workers return to work without a contract.
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Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
Bill Fletcher debunks the bogus “replacement theory” that motivated the May 14 racist attack in Buffalo.
Today’s labor quote: Bill Fletcher.
Today’s labor history: 100,000 strike in Philadelphia.
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Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
Organizing Starbucks joyfully; Workers demand good jobs at Potomac Power Plant site; Buffalo attack underlines urgency of June 18 D.C. rally; Shakespeare Theatre workers organize; UFCW 1994 mourns Sidney Kramer’s passing.
Today’s labor quote: Eugene V. Debs.
Today’s labor history: Racism at Georgia Railroad strike.
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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Montgomery County Executive negotiated the first-ever collective bargaining agreement with county workers.
Today’s labor quote: Gino Renne.
Today’s labor history: Akron, Ohio rubber workers strike.
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Production workers want to join IATSE Local 22.
Today’s labor quote: Steel Workers Organizing Committee.
Today’s labor history: Matewan shootout between strikers and coal company gunmen.
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
The AFL-CIO and Metro Washington Labor Council, which are supporting the Assembly and March, are urging the local labor movement to turn out in support; click here now to RSVP.
Today’s labor quote: Naomi Klein.
Today’s labor history: Atlanta transit workers strike.
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